Strong's Hebrew · H2787
H2787 chârar
חָרַר
khaw-rar'
to scorch
Looking for Greek G2787 kibōtós? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H2787. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
chârar appears 10 times in Scripture, in Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to glow, i.e. literally (to melt, burn, dry up) or figuratively (to show or incite passion)
In the King James Version
be angry, burn, dry, kindle.
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 10 times in Scripture
“No, it is cast into the fire for fuel. The fire devours both ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?”
“Even when it was whole, it could not be made useful. How much less can it ever be useful when the fire has consumed it and charred it!”
“Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive.”
“Set the empty pot on its coals until it becomes hot and its copper glows. Then its impurity will melt within; its rust will be consumed.”
“I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.”
“The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged.”
“My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.”
“Pile on the logs and kindle the fire; cook the meat well and mix in the spices; let the bones be burned.”
“For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.”
“Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
